Tate Modern (Bankside Power Station), London

Photograph taken August 2001 © Historic England Archive ref: NMR/21450/04

Like Battersea this power station (now the Tate Modern) was designed by Sir Giles Scott and was opened in 1963. Its characteristic single chimney stands at the southern end of the controversial Millennium Bridge. To the right of the chimney is the reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

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Greater London Southwark

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2000s (2000 - 2009)

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Battersea Power Station seen from the north bank of the Thames. It was designed in 1937 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and was the largest brick building in Europe.

Tate Modern (Bankside Power Station), London

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